Neither Pelosi nor Trump can afford to blink first

The Democrats' decision to block the annual presidential address to the country’s 325 million citizens is rare, but is it wise?

Nancy Pelosi (l) with Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Pic: Getty

No State of the Union address forPresident Trump! That’s not a happy situation for the attention-seeking leader of the Free World. The Democrats' decision to block the annual presidential address to the country’s 325 million citizens is rare, but is it wise?

The invitation to a sitting president to give this annual speech comes from the third most powerful politician in the US, the Speaker of the House of Representatives – the person ...